To respond to your question did Bird have bad days?, or did he have poor recordings destroyed? (posed around 3:30). In short no and no. The answer can be found in his famous lover man recordings where due to the influence of alcohol he was unable to stand and needed someone to hold him up near the microphone. Apparently Bird thought these recordings were horrible and was embarrassed that they were released, but to many fans this recording is as exceptional as any of his others and perhaps even more beloved due to the story. So yeah the recordings he wanted destroyed are amazing hahaha never a bad day

Parker hated his Lover man session due to his withdrawal symptoms and his drunkenness

Anther great one is Bud Powell’s “Jazz Giant”, recorded in 1949-1950.

i really like a 1951 Charlie Parker compilation called 'Swedish Schnapps'. It has 'Blues For Alice', 'Au Private', 'Segment', 'Si si', 'the title track is great too, plus 'Lover Man', which I totally dig despite what many have said, that he's off beat or chasing the changes or whatever... I must admit 'i don't hear it'. i also own a Thelonious Monk's The Blue Note recordings boxset from the early 1994 that has some awesome recordings like the original studio versions of 'Humph', 'Off Minor', 'In Walked Bud' 'Ruby My Dear', ' Round Midnight' and many other greats, many from the late 1940s that totally exude that 'real Bop' vibe.

His solo on Loverman is controversial because he was so fucked up apparently he got off one beat from the chord changes and kept Soloing. Mingus later called it one of his most beautiful solos of all time. Also for the record, Miles Davis wrote Donna Lee It's sad that Mingus had to redubb his bass on that Massey hall album... That always left a sour taste in my mouth

Barry Harris all but named 😂

The Bebop brigade!

Don't forget a lot of his younger player was missed due to the recording ban

I'm happily surprised that you guys included the Monk Blue Notes. I think of those as like the Hot Fives of the postwar. But they're less archetypally bebop ... being archetypally Monk. Anyway, right on.

Wich one is the forth???

Door ham.